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Saint Luke is a painting by an artist known as El Greco. The painting is an oil on canvas created sometime around 1610-1614. It is currently held by the Indianapolis Museum of Art in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Saint Luke
Artist	El Greco
Year	1610-1614
Medium	Oil on Canvas
Dimensions	28 1/4 x 21 5/8 in
Location	Indianapolis Museum of Art

Analysis

According to the gallery label provided by the Indianapolis Museum of Art:

"During the last decade of his career, El Greco played a major role in popularizing a type of pictorial ensemble known as the Apostolado, or "Apostle Series." A complete Apostolado normally comprises thirteen pictures, with twelve bust-length paintings of Apostles and one of Christ as Savior.

These three paintings [ie Saint Luke, Saint Matthew and Saint Simon - all three in the Indianapolis collection] belong to an incomplete set of nine Apostles from the parish church of Almadrones, a small town in the Spanish province of Guadalajara. The church was badly damaged during the Spanish Civil War (1936–39) and the paintings were removed for safekeeping and eventually sold.".[1]

Provenance

According to the gallery label provided by the Indianapolis Museum of Art:

"Parish church of Almadrones (Guadalajara), Spain, until 1936 or immediately after{1}; removed to the Fuerte of Guadalajara (former convent of San Francisco) until 1941{2}; at the Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, for conservation treatment, 1941-45; restituted to the bishopric of Sigüenza in 1945, sold and legally exported in 1952{3}; (Newhouse Galleries, Inc. New York); Dr. G.H.A. Clowes [1877-1958], Indianapolis, in1952{4}; The Clowes Fund Collection, Indianapolis, 1958-present (C10034)".[2]

References

External links

• http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/grec/hd_grec.htm
• http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/244100/El-Greco
• http://www.imamuseum.org/art/collections/artwork/st-luke-greco-el-el-greco

На других языках

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[fr] Saint Luc (Le Greco)

Saint Luc est une peinture à l'huile sur toile d'environ 72 × 55 cm réalisée par Le Greco entre 1610 et 1614 et conservée aux États-Unis, au musée d'Art d'Indianapolis.

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